Ahhhh, the real start of summer: The consistently warmer temperatures … the first night you venture wearing skimpy clothes out … the year’s first Code Orange Bad Air Quality Day. However you prefer measuring the start of the season, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments is predicting our first Code Orange air quality day today, meaning ozone levels are predicted to be extremely high and the air quality very poor. The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission is offering free bus rides today to help cut down on emissions, so if you live in Viriginia and usually drive in to work, please consider altering your commute to include public transportation.

City Credit Cards Under Investigation: District employees, beware. If you’ve ever charged anything you shouldn’t have to your city credit card, you may be close to being discovered. The Examiner reports that the investigative arm of the District of Columbia’s finance office is investigating the city’s multimillion dollar credit card program, a few months after a federal government audit strongly criticized the District’s procurement process.

Greater Southeast Docs Walk Off Job: More trouble at Greater Southeast Community Hospital: A group of doctors who say they are owed three months’ wages walked off the job Tuesday at an ambulatory care center run by the hospital for low income residents. Patient appointments have been rescheduled or canceled at the center, which was located on the ground floor of the former D.C. General Hospital.

Briefly Noted: 2 dead after multi-car crash on Beltway in PG County … Fire kills one, displaces dozens … Supreme Court denies stay for accused ‘D.C. Madam’ … D.C. Police to conduct full scale emergency response simulation at American University this afternoon.

This Day in DCist: In 2006 we wondered why we needed to be reminded what “Wingmen” are and noted the decline in Homeland Security funding the District is getting this year. In 2005 we took guesses as to which parking garage Deep Throat preferred and said goodbye to the Washington Socialites.

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